What happens if someone dies without a will in Ontario

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1. The Succession Law Reform Act sets who inherits

   It is not ‘whoever paid the funeral’.

2. Someone still has to administer the estate

   That often needs a court appointment.

3. Joint assets and designated beneficiaries can pass outside the will

   Those rules still matter when there is no will.

4. Open the Wills & Estates shelf

   Read the intestacy sections.

Official law on this site: wills-estates-ontario.

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